QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-314

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Louisville Archives and Records Center

Who documented this quilt?

Kentucky Quilt Project

Kentucky Quilt Project Number:

34-6-1

Owner's name for quilt:

Family quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Mosaic, Flower Garden, Honeycomb, pieced and applique, Ten pointed star

What color is the quilt?

Red; Green; Black; White

Time period:

1850-1875

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

c1880

Who estimated the quilt's date?

evaluator

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton; Silk; Wool

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Description of the back:

Bambazine

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting; Stuffed work

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Very unusual quilting. Grapes, tulip border with swags.

Quilt top made by:

Bruce, Sophronia Ann

Where the quilt was made, county:

Henry

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kentucky (KY)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Wool Carded and woven by maker. Heavily stuffed - bambazine back - trapunto wools. Beautiful border with tulips and curvy lines. May not have bben trapunto from the back. Design features ten point star.

Contests entered:

Danville County Fair, KY, c1850.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quiltmaker's birth date:

c. 1831

Quiltmaker's date of death:

1888

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Made many quilts including a Basket in red and green.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kentucky Quilt Project